The percentage of women re-employed after a lockdown is lower than that of men

Many people around the world have lost their jobs due to Kovid-12, but the percentage of women among those who lost their jobs is much higher than that of men. According to a recent study, seven times as many women as men lost their jobs during the nationwide lockout. The study also found that 11 times more women than men did not return to work.

Rosa Abraham, Senior Researcher, Azim Premji University, Amit Basole, Associate Professor and Surabhi Kesar, Associate Professor, Down and Out? This information was given in a paper titled 'The Gender Impact of Kovid-12 Pandemic on India's Labor Market'. The study was conducted on data from CMIE-CPHS (Center for Monitoring India Economy-Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects). Time was covered.

The study also found that the percentage of women returning to work after the lockdown was lower than that of men. During the epidemic, the percentage of men returning to work after the lockdown (in August-September 2020) was 4 per cent, while only 4 per cent of women returned to work. This means that half as many women have lost their jobs than ever before.

Many of the men who have resumed work since the locks were opened have started their own small business or work on farms and in construction. Many men have started working in the industrial sector. But the areas of re-employment for women have been very limited. So it is their turn to stay at home. The study also made a shocking revelation that a large number of day laborers and young men and women have become unemployed.

The shocking thing is that most of the highly educated women-men have got jobs. But women have been deprived of employment. While less educated women face less unemployment than educated women.

There is also a big difference in the rate of re-employment of married men and women.

Fewer married women than married men have been able to return to work after the lockdown. In the same way, women living in large families have to sit at home indiscriminately as they have a lot of household responsibilities.

Self-employment has also become more risky than jobs. Between January 2020 and August-September 2020, 3% of men in permanent jobs, 4% of men in day jobs and 4% of men in temporary jobs turned to self-employment. During this period, only 2% of women in permanent jobs, 1% of women in temporary jobs and 21% of day laborers turned to self-employment.

Overall, it can be said that men are getting preference in limited employment opportunities, while women's chances of re-employment are negligible.

- Vaishali Thakkar